Chlorine preparation



. CHARLES MIND LE F,

'Patented Sept. 20.1932

or JACKSON HEIGHTSQNEW YonK, ASSIGNOR '10 LOUISE G.

no amovr'rcrr, or comma, COLORADO N oFsicE CHLORINE PREPARATION N Drawing.

preparation is such that when brought into mixture with an appropriate fluid,as, for example, water, it will produce a practically 0 clear fluid that will have a volume of active chlorine in a predetermined form,as for ex- A A i pl a hypochlorite;

The advantage ofa powdered form of chlorine for commercial use as contrasted p with the liquid preparationsnow known to As applied, for example, to the manufacture of a hypochlorite, the complete process comprises the following steps:

1. The absorption of an aqueous solution of a hypochlorite, as for example, a sodium hypochlorite, by an appropriate carrying agent,-as for example, either dry sodium car- 80 bonate or dry potassium carbonate.

2. Drying the resultant product, which is an alkaline carbonate carrying an active chlorine content, either in a vacuum or by passing dry'air over the composition. I prefer the vacuum method.

, In selecting the aqueous solution of sodium 7 .hypochlorite referred to above, I select or prepare onethat carries available chlorine greater in proportionate volume than the 4.0 amount of chlorine desired to be obtained in my ultimate product. Thus, I have found that if I wished to have my product show an active chlorine content, in the form of a hypochlorite of, say, ten per cent, the primary .45 hypochlorite solution should contain aphypochlorite solution by an alkaline carbon- Application' filed August. 3, 1928. Serial No. 297,375.

proximately twenty per cent of such chlorine. If such primary chlorine preparation, as for example, a hypochlorite, is prepared by the use of calcium hypochlorite, the fluid ,is drawn or syphoned off so as to carry as little as possible of the sludge, as it is advantageous to have this fluid as free of non-active substances as possible. As stated above, I then combine this fluid with an absorbent. In the case of dry sodium carbonate, absorption will @g be of about equal weights. Atmospheric conditions and temperature will, of course, have some influence on this. The drying process may be carried out in any way desired so long as resort is not had to excessive heat, which must be avoided.

The resultant solid or powder may be kept for considerable periods of time. When placed in solution with water, the result will be an active chlorine solution, for example, a sodium hypochlorite.

I have st'atedin detail the preferred practice of my composition, but it is to be understood that known chemical equivalents may be employed in place of the materialsmentioned, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. The method of producing a soluble active chlorine compound in solid or powder 'form, which consists in the absorption ofa hypochlorite solution by an alkaline carbonate.

2. The method of producing a soluble active chlorine compound in solid or powder form, which consists of the absorption of a hypochlorite solution by an alkaline carbon- 1 ate, and passing dry air over the resultant product. M

3. The method of producing a soluble ac tive chlorine compound in solid or powder .form, which consists of the absorption of a ate, and drying the resultant-productin a Vacuum. I I Y Y 4. The method of producing a soluble hypochlorite compound in solid or powder 5 form, which consists in the absorption of a hypochlorite solution bye dry alkaline carbonate.

5. The process of preparing a, double salt of an alkaline carbonate and an alkali metal w-hypochlorite which consists in reacting upon a primary 'hypochlorite solutionhaving a chlorine content higher than desired in the final product With a dry alkaline carbonate.-

g; CHARLES MI DELE F, 

